President Obama spent his first year in office trying to pr

President Obama spent his first year in office trying to prevent the collapse of big financial firms, and stabilize the national economy. He says it is part of an effort to show the administration cares about workers who are struggling to pay their bills or have anxieties about losing their jobs. "We have just come through what was one of the most difficult decades the middle class has ever faceda decade in which median income fell, and our economy lost about as many jobs as it gained." Among the ideas embraced by the administration are steps to cut the costs of child care for working parents, and help them save for retirement.President Obama is now focusing on ().